The Duty Officers at the Crisis Response Centre ensure the Foreign Office can be reached 24 hours a day and keep the Minister and top officials informed of current developments.
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The Political Archive is the 'memory' of the foreign service. It has preserved the files on German foreign policy since 1867, as well as the international treaties signed by the Federal Republic of Germany and its predecessors in title.
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More information on the history of the Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) from 1870 to the present day and on its current building on Werderscher Markt in Berlin is available on the following pages.moreHistory